Brave New World Excerpt

Do you ever wonder about how it would be like to live in a society that has achieved peace? In "The Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley the story tells of a society that has obtained peace, but at a price. All problems in the society are solved by medication that is given to the people monthly and also taken on a daily basis. Art, science, and even religion are not part of the societies values. They believe those values lead to unhappiness. The excerpt has an exceptional plot and a great use of the literary elements. Also the literary techniques in the excerpt are put to good use. Teenagers can easily relate to "The Brave New World" by how the protagonist wants to rebel from the societies values, like most teens do.

First off, the

conflict of the story is person vs. society, the Savage, who is the main character, doesn't want to live in a society that takes different kinds of medication to solve it's everyday problems and has no conflicts. He wants a society that has all the basic problems in our modern society: disease, hunger, old age, danger, religion, etc. a realistic society. One without medication to tame the people. The story is told in third person limited which helps the reader see the story from the Savages point of view on the societies values, also it helps the reader see the conflict of the story. The plot starts off with the Savage finding out what the society has given up to obtain their idea of happiness and then he can't say what he wants to say to the Controller. Next, the Savage finds out that the society has been using medication to solve it's problems like fear, anger, and hate; they think that not having those inconveniences is living comfortably. The Savage then tells the Controller that he doesn't want to live comfortably but would rather have the inconveniences, as he enjoys them. Then he is told that the way he wants to live will bring him unhappiness and he accepts the unhappiness. The main character in the story is referred to as "The Savage" who is the protagonist, he has two minor characters known as "The Controller" and "Mustapha Mond" who explain the societies values to him and how the society is well organized. The setting takes place in the future in a society that has peace, no divided allegiances, everyone loves each other equally, and takes pills called "soma" to control almost all the peoples problems in the society. The society has V.P.S.(Violent Passion Surrogate) monthly which helps the society maintain peace.

Virtuous, inefficiency, reconcile, compulsory, surrogate, physiological, and inconveniences are words that the Controller and Mustapha Mond use in the excerpt.

Those words indicate that both characters poses a high sophisticated vocabulary. Unlike the Controller and Mustapha Mond, the Savage uses standard vocabulary words; this shows that the Savage has and average vocabulary. The vocabulary that differs between characters shows that the Savage isn't part of the society or from around there. Mustapha Mond says to the Savage "In a properly organized society like ours" which indicates the society is well educated and how the Controller and Mustapha Mond obtained the vocabulary that sets the tone. The Savage asks "Isn't there something in living dangerously?" and the Controller replied with "'There's a great deal in it,' the Controller replied. 'Men and women must have their adrenals stimulated from time to time.'" the response that the Controller gives sets a serious tone by the first few words he says "There's a great deal in it," Those words don't sound like he's answering the question lightly. Another indication that the tone is serious is when the Controller and Mustapha Mond use high vocabulary words to explain to the Savage how the society has maintained happiness. They didn't explain or respond to him using standard vocabulary words like they would if a ordinary conversation was taking

place.

Aldous Huxley wrote "The Brave New World" to inform the reader that an ideal society made by artificial happiness and morality is an illusion.

The author seemed to have sided with the Savage in the excerpt. The Controller and Mustapha Mond explained to the Savage that everyone in the society couldn't handle conflicts on their own or experience fear and rage naturally; they needed medication to help them. Even though the medication made everyone virtuous, it's obvious to see that it was the problem. I would say between the Savage and the Controller, I would choose the Savages side. I would rather have a realistic society with problems than a society that takes medication that makes artificial happiness and morality. "The Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley reminded me of the movie "Demolition Man" directed by Marco Brambilla. In "The Brave New World" and "Demolition Man" both Protagonist didn't agree with societies values. What differs between "The Brave New World" and "Demolition Man" is that in "The Brave New World" the protagonist was told that medication was used to make the ideal society; in "Demolition Man" the protagonist sees that the advancement of technology is what makes the society ideal. Both "The Brave New World" and "Demolition Man" share the same message of artificial happiness and morality create an illusion ideal society. In my opinion "Demolition Man" had a better way of getting the audience to understand the message that was being showed. The

excerpt made me feel disgusted by how the society was willing to take medication to make them virtuous and solve every conflict. Also the society gave up some important values to live in comfort. Readers regardless of age of would understand the authors message in excerpt. All readers would side with the Savage over the Controller and enjoy "The Brave New World". The older generation isn't used to way technologies advancements control society and the younger generation is more open to expressing themselves instead of being repressed.

Initially, "The Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley shows a great example of the authors use of the literary elements such as: conflict, point of view, plot, character, and setting. Also great examples of the literary techniques are shown in the excerpt. It focusses on the author showing that an ideal society obtained by creating artificial happiness and morality is giving people the illusion of living a comfortable and happy life. The authors message can be received by all readers no matter the generation. All who read "The Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley will understand and enjoy the story. Lastly, the readers will have something to ponder on when someone brings up the subject of how to create a ideal society or living in one.